Song Of The Bandit
Marty Robbins
Long long ago in old Wyoming
lived a maid
Fair as the sweetest flower
bloomin' in the shade
She loved a bandit bold
who roamed the prairie o'er
And every night
she'd listen for his call
Then far the west his
voice came ringing ridin'
wild horse he came singing
Hee li oli yip ioli ay
Hee li oli yip ioli yip
ay oli ya he brings a
token of his love
Swift as the wind
he goes for high
as the hills he knows
she's waiting
For his hee li oli yip
ioli ay
One day he rode away
but never to return
Danger was waitin' now
his love must never yearn
Long days and lonely nights
she waited all in vain
Till winter passed and
summer came again
Still every night
when the moon came shining
for his song her heart
was pining
Hee li oli yip ioli ay
Hee li oli yip ioli yip
ay oli ya he brings a
token of his love
Swift as the wind
he goes for high
as the hills he knows
she's waiting
For his hee li oli yip ioli ay
One night an angel brought
a message from her love
Told her he waited
in the starry sky above
Softly she closed her eyes
and bade the angel go
And then the whole world
echoed to his song
For straight down a
moonbeam he came ridin'
out of the sky on a winged
horse glidin' Hee
li oli yip ioli ay
Hee li oli yip ioli yip
ay oli ya he brings a
token of his love
Swift as the wind
he goes for high
as the hills he knows
she's waiting
For his hee li oli yip ioli ay
Hee li oli yip ioli ay
hee li oli yip ioli ay
singin' hee li oli yip ioli ay